Why has Australia’s shipment of vaccines been blocked by the EU?

A quarter of a million doses will not be delivered after continental export blockade

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits a facility producing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison visits a facility producing the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
(Image credit: David Caird-Pool/Getty Images)

Deborah Gleeson, associate professor in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, explains the international dispute over dose shortages.

News of the blockage of a shipment of 250,000 Covid-19 vaccines from Europe to Australia has caused concern and outrage.

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